Zone1 the Great Flood and Noah and his Ark - was it all true?

[Zebra]

Some believe that all this is literally true.

Others think that there may have been a flood, but not globally.

i tend to the second idea.

what do you think?

 

[Hafar1014]

Some believe that all this is literally true.

Others think that there may have been a flood, but not globally.

i tend to the second idea.

what do you think?

Its an allegory

 

[Zebra]

Its an allegory

an allegory what for?

 

[Hafar1014]

an allegory what for?

Moral values the story is impossible so it has to be an allegory which is what is often used to express a thought

 

[Zebra]

there are myths of floods in many cultures

so sth of it must be true

 

[Hafar1014]

there are myths of floods in many cultures

so sth of it must be true

The end of the ice age created a flood. So do earthquakes. Allegories are often based on a true event. Noahs Ark is simply not possible. If you ever worked with animals you would know that

 

[Woodznutz]

The end of the ice age created a flood. So do earthquakes. Allegories are often based on a true event. Noahs Ark is simply not possible. If you ever worked with animals you would know that

The animals obeyed God and behaved themselves.

 

[Woodznutz]

there are myths of floods in many cultures

so sth of it must be true

It is written as an actual event, albeit a supernatural one.

 

[Woodznutz]

Some believe that all this is literally true.

Others think that there may have been a flood, but not globally.

i tend to the second idea.

what do you think?

There are details that suggest it was a real event, not an allegory, although it is replete with spiritual lessons.

 

[Zebra]

There are details that suggest it was a real event, not an allegory, although it is replete with spiritual lessons.

other details are impossible

 

[DukeU]

other details are impossible

Nothing is impossible for the creator of the universe.

 

[Zebra]

Nothing is impossible for the creator of the universe.

why this cruelty then?

 

[DukeU]

why this cruelty then?

Love cannot exist without free will.

 

[norwegen]

an allegory what for?

A new creation. It's kind of a common theme in the Hebrew texts.

 

[Zebra]

Love cannot exist without free will.

relation to the flood?

 

[DukeU]

relation to the flood?

Answering your question.

 

[Zebra]

it is a legend

 

[citygator]

Its an allegory

Jesus said it was true so you can’t be Christian and not believe the flood was real. It’s tricky.

Hebrews 11:7 says that “By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world . . . “

 

[Mr Natural]

Its an allegory

Aka a made up story.

The Big Book of Myths and Fables is full of them.

 

[Zebra]

Jesus said it was true so you can’t be Christian and not believe the flood was real. It’s tricky.

Hebrews 11:7 says that “By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world . . . “

where did Jesus speak of Noah?